Epson Tries to One-up Google Glass with Moverio-Goggles (Video)

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In the world of head-worn displays, Google Glass seems to lately get most of the praise as well as most of the dirty looks (http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/11/30/2319248/no-shirt-no-shoes-no-service-and-no-google-glass-either), though it's far from alone. At this year's DroidCon in London, I talked with Epson Europe product manager Marc-Antoine Godfroid about a very different kind of head-worn display: the Moverio BT-100. Epson's display is running a Google operating system, but it isn't competing with Glass, at least not directly. The hardware in this case is a relatively high-definition stereo display meant for immersion (whether that means information overlays or watching recorded video) hooked to an external control unit running Android, rather than the sparer, information-dashboard, all-in-one approach of Glass. One other big difference: Epson's stereo, full-color headset is cheaper than Glass, and available now. Hit the link below to see what it looks like.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/12/03/1951213/epson-tries-to-one-up-google-glass-with-moverio-goggles-video